Category: Safety

S3P’s Safety in Spine Surgery Month, Week 2!

Posted on April 16, 2021

Check out what has been happening during Safety in Spine Surgery Month on the S3P website. Here's a quick summary: We had some amazing videos sharing the message about safety in spine surgery, with both top-level commentary as well as practical tips. ... Read More

First Annual Safety in Spine Surgery Month Announced by S3P

Posted on February 11, 2021

The Safety in Spine Surgery Project is pleased to announce the First Annual Safety in Spine Surgery month, taking place in April of 2021. The goal of this project is to improve safety in spine surgery by sharing guidelines, techniques, ... Read More

Dr. Michael Vitale featured on @nyphospital twitter page

Dr. Michael Vitale was featured on the New York Presbyterian Hospital's twitter page @nyphospital.  Check out their tweet about his trip to AAOS annual conference   .@mgv16 is the Chief of Pediatric Spine and Scoliosis Service at #NYP Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital ... Read More

Dr. Michael Vitale Chairs the 3rd Annual Safety in Spine Surgery Summit

On April 20, Columbia hosted the 3rd Annual Safety in Spine Surgery Summit in New York City to a sold-out audience with keynote speaker General Stanley McChrystal and co-chaired by Columbia Orthopedics Chief Quality Officer and Chief of Pediatric Spine ... Read More

Dr. Michael Vitale participates in a Risk and Safety of Spine Surgery Webinar

Posted on December 14, 2017

Dr. Michael Vitale participated in a Risk and Safety of Spine Surgery Webinar which was hosted by Hospital of Special Surgery.  He spoke about Making a Safer Environment.  He also was on a panel discussion for case presentations.  It was ... Read More

Dr. Michael Vitale speaks at the Global Spine Outreach Symposium

Posted on October 30, 2017

Dr. Michael Vitale spoke at the Global Spine Outreach Symposium in Mexico City.  He spoke on -          Surgical Strategies and Techniques for Treating Early Onset Scoliosis: An Update -          Landing Safely Every Time: Lessons Learned from Aviation -          Early Onset Techniques Please see attached agenda here for ... Read More

Dr. Michael Vitale – Visiting Professor at Stanford

Posted on October 12, 2017

Columbia Orthopedics Co-Director, Division of Pediatric Orthopedics and Chief, Pediatric Spine and Scoliosis Service Michael G. Vitale, MD, MPH was a Bleck Visiting Professor at Stanford on October 11. He discussed “Making Spine Surgery Better with Lessons Learned from Aviation,” where he ... Read More

Dr. Vitale featured in Becker’s Spine Review on Spine Safety

Posted on March 07, 2017

First, do no harm: Drs. Michael Vitale, Lawrence Lenke on 2nd Safety in Spine Surgery Summit — Becker's Spine Review on Spine Safety From Becker's Spine Review on Spine Safety: A significant gap in spine surgery safety awareness struck Michael Vitale, MD MPH, of ... Read More